This early work by Mary Elizabeth Braddon was originally published in 1874 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography of the author. 'Taken at the Flood' is one of Braddon's novels in the sensation literature genre.
A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz.
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Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862 Joseph L. Harsh. Anderson of South Carolina would be directed to report to me , and that I would follow with Anderson's and my own division in the rear of the army ...
A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room...
Chronicles Rome's policies in the Greek East, which began as self-rule so that the Empire could focus on the Carthaginian menace in the West, but later moved to more direct control several decades later.
A Few Weeks After Marrying An Attractive Young Widow, Gordon Cloade Is Tragically Killed By A Bomb Blast In The London Blitz.
Originally published: London: Collins, 1948.
In an absorbing account of a critical chapter in Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean, Robin Waterfield reveals the peculiar nature of Rome's eastern policy.
In the quiet English village of Warmsley Vale, a young widow of just two weeks becomes heir to a vast fortune, and an enigmatic newcomer meets s brutal death.
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed in the London blitz, and overnight the former Mrs.
The sleepy English village of Warmsley Vale has been shaken by a series of increasingly bizarre murders--and Hercule Poirot is on the case.
When a young bride becomes a widow--and inherits a fortune--two weeks after her wedding, Hercule Poirot visits the sleepy village and tries to determine if the event is related to the brutal death of a mysterious stranger.
Taken at the Flood: A Memoir of a Political Life